Food and Agribusiness Merger Moratorium and Antitrust Review Act of 2019
Latest action · Jun 28, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 22, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Food and Agribusiness Merger Moratorium and Antitrust Review Act of 2019
This bill places a moratorium on certain acquisitions between large agricultural and retail-related businesses and establishes the Food and Agriculture Concentration and Market Power Review Commission. The commission shall report to Congress and the President on (1) the nature and consequences of market concentration in the U.S. food and agricultural economy, and (2) recommended legal and regulatory changes to address such market concentration.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 22, 2019 to Oct 4, 2019; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | May 22, 2019 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | May 22, 2019 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | May 22, 2019 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | May 22, 2019 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | May 22, 2019 |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Original | May 22, 2019 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Jun 19, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jun 20, 2019 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jul 10, 2019 | |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Jul 12, 2019 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Jul 12, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Jul 16, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Aug 6, 2019 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Sep 17, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Sep 24, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Oct 4, 2019 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred May 22, 2019 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred May 22, 2019 |
| Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee | Referred Jun 28, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 28, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
- May 22, 2019Introduced in House
- May 22, 2019Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 86, May 22, 2019, page H4121.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1596 | Food and Agribusiness Merger Moratorium and Antitrust Review Act of 2019 | Identical bill | May 22, 2019 |
| HR 6800 | Food and Agribusiness Merger Moratorium and Antitrust Review Act of 2018 | Reintroduction of | Sep 13, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To impose a moratorium on large agribusiness, food and beverage manufacturing, and grocery retail mergers, and to establish a commission to review large agriculture, food and beverage manufacturing, and grocery retail mergers, concentration, and market power.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Food and Agribusiness Merger Moratorium and Antitrust Review Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advisory bodies
- Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
- Commerce
- Competition and antitrust
- Congressional oversight
- Corporate finance and management
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Food industry and services
- Food supply, safety, and labeling
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Manufacturing
- Meat
- Retail and wholesale trades
- Rural conditions and development
- Wages and earnings
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 22, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
